Choosing Peace for Good
The Newsletter of Engaging Peace October, 2011
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Ending the Iraq war?
| V-J Day celebration in Times Square |
By Kathie Malley-Morrison
On Friday, just a little more than a year since President Obama declared an end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq, the President announced that the last American troops in Iraq will be gone by January 1.
The war in Iraq will effectively, finally, be over, he says--the longed-for goal of most Americans.
When President Truman declared the complete end of World War II on August 15, 1945 (V-J Day), American citizens went wild; office buildings emptied out; there was dancing (and kissing) ... Read more...
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One million malnourished children (Liberate THIS, Part 4)
By Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
Most of my cousins were born after my immediate family left Iraq in 1977. I had never met them, and I had only faint memories of aunts and uncles, as well as my paternal grandmother who had already passed away in 1979.
I knew I had many relatives suffering under desperate conditions in Iraq, but I was emotionally, as well as geographically, distant from their pain. With English as my one and only language, I couldn't speak with them on the phone even if U.S. and U.K. forces hadn't bombed the telecommunications centers.
I condemned the hypocrisy of my government for... Read more... |